If This Is Goodbye Lyrics
Mark Knopfler Feat. Emmylou Harris
Lyrics
my famous last words
are laying around in tatters
sounding absurd
whatever i try
but i love you
and that's all that really matters
if this is goodbye
if this is goodbye
your bright shining sun
would light up the way before me
you were the one
made me feel i could fly
and i love you
whatever is waiting for me
if this is goodbye
if this is goodbye
who knows how long we've got
or what we're made out of
who knows if there's plan or not
there is our love
i know there is our love
my famous last words
could never tell the story
spinning unheard
in the dark of the sky
but i love you
and this is our glory
if this is goodbye
if this is goodbye
Song & Lyrics Facts
Mark Knopfler feat. Emmylou Harris' "If This Is Goodbye" is a melancholic song about the pain of parting released in 2004 as part of Mark Knopfler's album Shangri-La.
The track was written and composed by Knopfler and features additional vocals from Emmylou Harris. The band accompanying him on this track includes Richard Bennett (guitar), Jim Cox (piano) and Glenn Worf (bass). The lyrics are full of longing for a love that can't be, with lines such as ‘But I'm gonna miss you all my life/ If this is goodbye’.